CLINTON, Ill. (WAND) - Funeral arrangements for a former Clinton resident and Phoenix officer who passed away earlier this week have been finalized.Â
A visitation for Blake Newman is scheduled for Sunday at the Calvert Funeral Home in Clinton from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. He will be laid to rest at Oak Park Cemetery on Monday.
Early Saturday morning, the Clinton Police Department and Dewitt County Sheriff's Department will accompany Calvert Funeral Home to the Indianapolis International Airport to escort Newman's body home to his family. The route of travel for their return will be along Illinois Route 54, to Center Street, and ending at Calvert Funeral Home. The sides of Center Street are lined with American flags in his honor.
The funeral coach is expected to be back in Clinton between 2-3 a.m. For more information on the route, click here.Â
Newman, 25, was an officer with the Phoenix Police Department at the time of his death. He died in an off-duty accident on his motorcycle on Monday.